Robin Hood of El Dorado (film)

Robin Hood of El Dorado is a 1936 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman for MGM. It stars Warner Baxter as real-life Mexican folk hero Joaquin Murrieta and Ann Loring as his love interest, with Bruce Cabot as Bill Warren and J. Carrol Naish as Murrietta's notorious partner, Three-Fingered Jack. The film is based on the life of Murrietta as the Robin Hood of Old California in 1850, a kind, gentle man who is driven to violence.

Plot summary
In 1848 in California, Mexican farmer Joaquin Murietta has become a criminal to avenge the rape and murder of his wife Rosita and lynching of his brother Jose at the hands of the Americans.

Cast

 * Warner Baxter as Joaquin Murrietta
 * Ann Loring as Juanita de la Cuesta
 * Bruce Cabot as Bill Warren
 * Margo as Rosita
 * J. Carrol Naish as Three-Fingered Jack
 * Soledad Jiménez as Madre Murrietta
 * Carlos de Valdez as Jose Murrietta
 * Eric Linden as Johnnie Warren
 * Edgar Kennedy as Sheriff Judd
 * Charles Trowbridge as Ramon de la Cuesta
 * Harvey Stevens as Captain Osborne
 * Ralph Remley as Judge Perkins
 * George Regas as Tomas
 * Harry Woods as Pete
 * Francis McDonald as Pedro the Spy
 * Kay Hughes as Louise
 * Paul Hurst as Wilson
 * Boothe Howard as Tablard

Crew

 * David Townsend, art director
 * Dolly Tree, costume designer